Feature Pack 6 or laterWebSphere Commerce Version 7.0.0.7

Migrating to Rational Application Developer Version 8 from a WebSphere Commerce Version 7 base environment with no feature pack installed

If you are migrating to Rational Application Developer Version 8 from a WebSphere Commerce Version 7 base environment with no feature pack installed and no features enabled, follow the steps below to ensure that you are successful.

About this task

Use these steps to migrate to Rational Application Developer Version 8.0.4.2 iFix 1, or a higher Version 8.0 fix pack.

Procedure

  1. Ensure that you have a workable WebSphere Commerce Version 7 environment.
    For more information, see Installing WebSphere Commerce Developer.
  2. Ensure that your WebSphere Commerce Version 7 environment has the necessary prerequisites for installing Fix Pack 7 and Feature Pack 6.
    For more information, see Prerequisites for installing WebSphere Commerce Developer.
  3. Install Fix Pack 7.
  4. Install Rational Application Developer Version 8.0.4.2 iFix 1, or a higher Version 8.0 fix pack.
  5. Run the following command in the WCDE_installdir\bin\ directory: 
    migrateToRAD8.bat RAD8installdir
    where RAD8installdir is the directory where Rational Application Developer Version 8 is installed. For example: 
    migrateToRAD8.bat C:\IBM\SDPv8

    To validate that the command ran successfully, check the WCDE_installdir\logs\migrateToRAD8.log for errors.

  6. Start WebSphere Commerce Developer.
    If Rational Application Developer Version 8 detects that any content in your workspace needs to be migrated, it automatically launches its workspace migration tool and notifies you of what must be done.
  7. If you already had an earlier WebSphere Commerce Version 7 feature pack installed, you must install WebSphere Commerce Feature Pack 6.
    If you did not already have an earlier WebSphere Commerce Version 7 feature pack installed this step is optional.
    Note: You can skip the instructions for installing the fix pack, which are included as part of the step-by-step instructions for installing the feature pack. You already installed Fix Pack 7 in Step 2; you do not have to reinstall the fix pack.
  8. Optional: If you installed Feature Pack 6, enable any of the features you want to use.